Sword and scabbard

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
Steel blade sharpened along both edges. The steel hilt is covered with thin leather, while the top tip of the hilt is decorated with a square of brass. The scubbard is leather with a punch pattern. Two leather pieces are attached to the hilt and are designed to attach to the waist and the leg.

Commonly used by Muslims of Nigeria and the tribes of the desert. A Tuareg is never seen without one like this.
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Maker
Media/Materials
Steel blade and hilt, leather hilt covering and leather scabbard, brass detailing.
Production place
Nigeria
Collection
Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1972/118/3.1-2

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